Elizabeth Woods

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Woods was born in 1809, in Kentucky, United States. She married Leroy Mullins about 1830. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 14 February 1884, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Leroy Mullins
1810–1887
Elizabeth Woods
1809–1884
Marriage: about 1830
Mullins
1831–
John Mullins
1832–
Robert Mullins
1832–
Mullins
1833–
Rachel Smith
1835–
Mullins
1837–
William Mullins
1833–
James Abraham L Smith
1836–1915
Sarah Mullins
1846–

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth Mullens, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Elizabeth Woods, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Elizabeth Mullins in household of Leroy Mullins, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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